I'm sure that Bob was rude or arrogant to lots of people.   He had that side to him.   

But that's not the only side to him.   He would tell all of his students how great a player Debashish Bhattacharya was, specifically saying "compared to him, I'm a beginner."    With the Reunion Islands musicians (specifically Rene Lacaille) he told many a story of how humbling it was to sit in with those guys and to try to pick up on what they were doing.    I saw him sit and jam with lots of great musicians at IGS, and all I saw there was the joy of sharing music.    When you're in a jam like that, you can't be competitive - and that lesson was repeated by example over and over and over on every day of those camps.   When it came time for the student concerts, he (and the other teachers) happily played backing parts for every student who asked, from beginners to pros.


but even if he was an arrogant, insecure jerk....lots of people are arrogant insecure jerks.   For those of you who are saying "I'm sure he did it"...is it just because he was rude or arrogant or disrespectful?

I'm not talking to people who are basing their opinion on talking to the families of the victims, or other first hand experience.   I'm talking to people who don't know any more than what can be read here, but are sure he did it, because he's a big fat jerk.